Stress & Trauma Release

Signs of Being Outside Window of Tolerance: 5 Somatic Resets

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By Claire Montgomery Recognizing the signs of being outside window of tolerance allows you to intercept autonomic dysregulation before panic or numbness takes hold. When your nervous system breaches its capacity, it presents through distinct physical warning signs of sympathetic hyperarousal, dorsal vagal hypoarousal, or dangerous hybrid states. [ez-toc] The four distinct autonomic profiles: contrasting … Read more

Window of Tolerance Exercises: 5 Somatic Capacity Drills

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By Claire Montgomery Window of tolerance exercises expand your autonomic nervous system capacity to process stress without collapsing into freeze or spiking into panic. Through gentle somatic pandiculation, bilateral orienting, and vagal brake regulation, these bottom up movements widen your physiological resilience and restore emotional equilibrium naturally. [ez-toc] Contrasting the three autonomic zones and showing … Read more

Exercises for Hypoarousal: 5 Drills to Thaw Body Freeze

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Exercises for hypoarousal hero graphic showing somatic drills to thaw dorsal vagal freeze and restore nervous system energy

By Claire Montgomery Exercises for hypoarousal do not require intense workouts or shocking cold plunges. Instead, they gently up regulate your nervous system through micro tactile friction, axial spine rotation, and rhythmic rocking. These bottom up somatic movements thaw dorsal vagal shutdown and restore energy without triggering panic. [ez-toc] Comparing the physiological patterns of dorsal … Read more